Status and expected performance of the AugerPrime Radio Detector

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.444.0344" target="_blank" >10.22323/1.444.0344</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Status and expected performance of the AugerPrime Radio Detector

Original language description

The ongoing AugerPrime upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory will yield sensitivity and precision for measuring ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic rays that are significantly improved over the baseline design. A key part is the installation of the Radio Detector (RD), consisting of loop antennas mounted on top of each of the 1660 water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD). These antennas, with polarizations both parallel and perpendicular to Earth’s magnetic field, are sensitive to inclined air showers and will also improve the sky coverage and exposure of the observatory. Of special interest is the great sensitivity to the electromagnetic component of air showers, yielding new information for the reconstruction of the primary mass, energy and arrival direction. Complementing traditional particle detectors like the WCD, the combination of both yields new opportunities to detect rare primary particles, e.g. UHE photons and neutrinos with a large identification probability. Here we present the status and future prospects of the RD. With mass production and deployment ongoing, we show air shower statistics and reconstructions of the already installed detector stations. We detail the layout and integration of the RD, demonstrating the potential of the observatory including radio measurements and RD triggering, especially to detect air showers with weak particle footprints. We show that the new trigger enables the measurement of events for which traditional particle detectors are less sensitive.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10303 - Particles and field physics

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1824-8039

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

344

Publisher name

Sissa Medilab srl

Place of publication

Trieste

Event location

Nagoya

Event date

Jul 26, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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